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Raúl Arrabales MorenoCURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2006 - Pursuing PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. 2005 - MSc in Computer Science and Technology. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2001 - BSc in Computer Science. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 1998 - BEng in Computer Engineering. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Professional Experience
| 2006 - 2010: | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Teaching Assistant. | | 2009 - 2009: | University of Sussex. UK. Visiting Research Fellow supervised by Anil K. Seth and Owen Holland. | | 2008 - 2008: | Nokia Research Center. Helsinki. Summer Internship supervised by Pentti Haikonen. | | 2005 - 2006: | T-Online Telecommunications Spain (Yacom). Project Manager. | | 2004 - 2005: | C-COR Corp. EMEA. Project Manager. | | 2003 - 2004: | nCUBE Corp. EMEA. Video on Demand pre-sales and support consultant. | | 2002 - 2003: | Krop Audiovisual Systems. Video over IP technical consultant. | | 2001 - 2002: | University of Limerick. Postgraduate visiting researcher. | | 2000 - 2001: | IBM Spain. Regional E-Commerce Web Producer. | | 1999 - 2000: | Dysoft Computer. Computer Science Teacher. |
Awards, Honors & Scholarships
- Travel award of 3.220,00 EUR from UC3M for research internships. UK. 2009 (Movilidad de investigadores en centros extranjeros).
- PhD Internship from Nokia Research Center. Finland. 2008.
- Erasmus programme travel grant from European Commision for Education and Training. Ireland. 2001.
Research Grants
| 2010 - 2012: | Trainutri. Training and Nutrition Senior Social Platform. European Union - Ambient Assisted Living Programme. Investigator. | | 2008 - 2009: | Normalizator. Corrección y Normalización de Direcciones Postales. Art. 83 Contract. Sigma Data Services. Investigator. | | 2007 - 2010: | Sistema de Detección de Peatones, Ciclistas y Motoristas - Fusión Sensorial. Plan Nacional de I+D+I. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Referencia TRA-2007-67374-C02-02. Investigator. | | 2001 - 2002: | Autonomous Underwarer Vehicle employing Adaptive Artificial Intelligence for Underwater Filming and Inspection. Enterprise Ireland Strategic Research. Grant 2000-2002. Undergraduate investigator. | Teaching Innovation Projects
| 2010 - 2011: | Implementation of a mutual rating system for continuous assessment in a practice-oriented course. Participant. | | 2009 - 2010: | European Virtual Space: virtual agents for competence teaching-learning process. Participant. | Conference Program Committee Membership
| BICS 2010 | Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems Conference 2010 | | CIIT 2009-2010: | Conferencia Ibero-Americana de Ingeniería e Innovación Tecnológica (CIIIT 2009, 2010). | | ISA 2008-2010: | IADIS International Conference - Intelligent Systems and Agents (ISA 2008, 2009, 2010). | | MSM 2009: | 1st International Workshop on Mining Social Media (MSM09 - CAEPIA 2009). | | IMETI 2008-2010: | International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (IMETI 2008, 2010). | Conference Organizing Committee
| ISNIAI 2009 | 2nd International Seminar on New Issues of Artificial Intelligence. | Journal Refereeing
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews.
- IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games.
- Journal of Consciousness Studies.
Evaluation Committees
| 2008-2009 | External evaluator for Proyectos de Investigación Básica del Plan Gallego de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica (INCITE) de la Xunta de Galicia (2008, 2009). |
Invited Talks
- Day of the Book 2010. UC3M. Madrid. Conference "La Conciencia Artificial en la Ciencia Ficción y en la Investigación Científica". 15 April 2010.
- Teaching Enrichment Program for Gifted Students. D.A.T. Madrid Norte. "Inteligencia Artificial. Máquinas del Futuro". March 2010.
- Student Residence Fernando Abril Martorell. UC3M. Leganés. Madrid. "Transhumanismo, ¿la idea más peligrosa del mundo?". December 2009.
- IX Semana de la Ciencia de Madrid. FNAC Parquesur. La Singularidad. ¿Podrían los Robots Conquistar el Mundo? November 2009.
- VIII Semana de la Ciencia de Madrid. Univ. Carlos III de Madrid. Consciencia Artificial y Robótica Cognitiva. November 2008.
- Nokia Workshop on Machine Consciousness 2008. Nokia Research Center. Helsinki. Finland. ConsScale: A Plausible Test for Machine Consciousness? August 2008.
- 3rd Computer Science Symposium at UEM (European University of Madrid). Machine Consciousness and Cognitive Robotics. November 2007.
Other Departamental and University Service
| 2008-2010 | Institutional representative in the university promotion program for secondary school. UC3M. Madrid (2008/2009 - 2009/2010). | Web Sites and Services
Open Source Software Projects
- Conscious-Robots.com Utilities for Robot Simulation (CRUBOTS).
Media Appearances
- "Un equipo español queda en primer lugar del 2K BotPrize 2010". Lektu / Microsiervos. Lainformacion.com (02 Sept. 2010).
- "Immortal avatars: Back up your brain, never die". Cover Story, pp. 28-31. New Scientist (05 June 2010 - Magazine issue 2763).
- "Picking our brains: can we make a conscious machine?". Cover Story, pp. 32-33. New Scientist (03 April 2010 - Magazine issue 2754).
- "En busca de máquinas que juegan a ser humanas". Published by OIC/UC3M (13/10/2009).
- "Can Bots Feel Joy?". Ben Goertzel. Published by h+ magazine (29/09/2009).
- "Las máquinas juegan a ser humanas". Published by Público (18/09/2009).
- "La conciencia evoluciona al margen de la genética". Published by Weblogs Madri+d Sistemas Inteligentes (03/04/2009).
- Raúl Arrabales: "La conciencia no es una propiedad de la materia, es simplemente un proceso". Published by Tercera Cultura (15/12/2008).
- "El robot inteligente debe ser capaz de programarse a sí mismo". Published by SINC (21/11/2008).
- "Yo, máquina". Published by Gente / gentedigital.es (10/07/2008).
- "Investigadores españoles desarrollan inteligencia artificial en robots". Published by RTVE / Europa Press (08/07/2008).
- "Nuevos pasos hacia la creación de máquinas conscientes". Published by OIC/UC3M, sinc, LaFlecha, and madri+d (07/07/2008).
- Conscious-Robots.com joins Microsoft Robotics Studio as a Partner. Microsot Robotics Group (link) (01/2008).
- I am quoted in page 467 of the book Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Kyle Johns and Trevor Taylor (link / inside the book) (05/2008).
- I am featured in chaper 9 - Future of Robotics - of the book Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio by Sara Morgan (link / inside the book) (03/2008).
- Microsoft Robotics Studio Community Page. www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for MSRS. (link) (08/2007).
Additional Training
- R: A tool for statistical data analysis. UC3M. Madrid (04/2010).
- Intellectual Property and Copyright in Digital Publications. UC3M. Madrid (04/2009).
- Specialized Information Resources. UC3M Library. Madrid (02/2009).
- Collaborative Tools and Internet Video Streaming. Audiovisual Services. UC3M. Madrid (07/2008).
- Interpersonal Relations and Conflict Resolution. Univ. de Cádiz. Campus Virtual (06/2008).
- A Day at a Conference. Intensive English Course. L*T*S and Human Resources UC3M. Madrid (02/2008).
- Intelectual and Industrial Property Protection. Patents. Parque Científico UC3M. Madrid (05/2007).
- Teaching with the Internet. UC3M. Madrid (03/2007).
- Best teaching practices semminar. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
- Teaching Improvement Workshop. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
- Microsoft TV IPTV Edition 1.1. Alcatel University. Alcatel Spain. Madrid (04/2006).
- PMI PMP® Certification programme. International Institute for Learning. Madrid (07/2005).
- Video on Demand Technology – nCUBE Solutions. nCUBE Headquarters. Portland, OR. (08/2002).
- Analysis of Consumer Behaviour. Consumer Motivation and Values. Smart Force Ltd. Dublin. (08/2001).
- E-Commerce Strategy for Large Account Extranets. IBM Sales & Support Centre. Dublin. (04/2001).
- TCP/IP and Web applications development. Arenal Informática, S.A. Madrid (12/1998).
- Business processes of a dot.com business. Universidad Oberta de Cataluña. Madrid (09/1998).
Affiliations
- CAOS Group. Computer Science Department. University Carlos III de Madrid. - Project Management Institute. PMI ID: 614238. PMP Certified. - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. - AAAI - Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. - EuCogII - Member 2nd European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics. - Retecog - Member Red Temática de Ciencias Cognitivas.
Publications
- Please see publications page.
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